The South Korean feature Eighteen has won the top Dragons & Tigers Award @ the 28th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff). The $10,000 cash prize is awarded during Viff to an emerging filmmaker from the Asia-Pacific region who hasn't yet gained international recognition. Directed by Jang Kun-jae, Eighteen focuses on a seaside vacation taken by a high-school couple, without their parents' permission. "...During their winter break, 'Kim Tae-Hoon' takes his girlfriend 'Park Mi-Jeong' away to the seaside for several days. Neither of them has parental permission for the trip, and when they get back to Seoul, Mi-Jeong.s father becomes dangerously violent, demanding that the boy sign a pledge to stay away from his daughter. But Tae-Hoon, who earns pocket-money as a delivery boy for a Chinese restaurant, is rebellious by nature and tries to contact Mi-Jeong by all means possible..." The Jury also gave a 'special mention' to director Ralston Jover's Bakal Boys,...
- 10/12/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Vancouver -- South Korean director Jang Kun Jae's coming-of-age drama "Eighteen" took home the Dragons & Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival Thursday night.
The Asian director's debut feature about an illicit seaside romance by two young Koreans beat out seven other films for the top honor for emerging East Asian filmmakers in Vancouver.
Jurors Noel Vera, Johnny Ray Huston and Ikeda Hiroyuka praised the film, which had its world premiere in Vancouver, for its seamless structure and strong camerawork.
Vera, a Manila-based film critic, said Jang "took an old, old, old story -- your classic boy-meets-girl, boy- loses girl -- and made it feel fresh by the strength of his direction."
The announcement was greeted by whoops of delight from the films' Vancouver contingent, which included producer Kim Woo-ri and lead actors Seo Jun-Yeong and Lee Min-ji.
Jang, dressed in jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap, was more...
The Asian director's debut feature about an illicit seaside romance by two young Koreans beat out seven other films for the top honor for emerging East Asian filmmakers in Vancouver.
Jurors Noel Vera, Johnny Ray Huston and Ikeda Hiroyuka praised the film, which had its world premiere in Vancouver, for its seamless structure and strong camerawork.
Vera, a Manila-based film critic, said Jang "took an old, old, old story -- your classic boy-meets-girl, boy- loses girl -- and made it feel fresh by the strength of his direction."
The announcement was greeted by whoops of delight from the films' Vancouver contingent, which included producer Kim Woo-ri and lead actors Seo Jun-Yeong and Lee Min-ji.
Jang, dressed in jeans, sneakers and a baseball cap, was more...
- 10/9/2009
- by By Etan Vlessing and Adele Weder
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (Viff) will be held October 1-16, 2009. Founded in 1982, Viff's mandate is "...to encourage the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada..." Over 150,000 people are expected to attend 640 screenings of 360 films from 80 countries. Here is an up-to-date list of directors, confirmed to attend Viff 2009, along with their films : "1428" Du Haibin "1999" Lenin Sivam "65_RedRoses" Philip Lyall & Nimisha Mukerji "Adelaide" Liliana Greenfield-Sanders "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector" Vikram Jayanti "Ana & Arthur" Larry Young "The Anchorage" Anders Edström & Curtis Winter "Antoine" Laura Bari "Argippo Resurrected" Dan Krames "The Art of Drowning" Diego Maclean "At Home By Myself... With You" Kris Booth "At The Edge Of The World" Dan Stone...
- 9/27/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
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